kandied91z

anyone have or had problems with this area? the way mine is designed i have to put the thermostat in the housing and then try to get it onto the intake which always seems to be a hassle....terrible design. just curious if anyone else dealt with this and found a better solution.

97WS6SCharged

Is the housing hitting the throttlebody or the manifold itself?

onefastgta

Do a search on here and at thirdgen.org, this is one of the many flaws of TPIS.

kandied91z

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97WS6SCharged

Buy a Stealth Ram?

kandied91z

you mean an entirely different motor.....how about a mustang crate motor?

97WS6SCharged

No, just a different manifold.

http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/ProdLin...S/SR/fSR1.html

kandied91z

your serious aren't you...sounds good, give me the 2400 the miniram cost and i'll throw it out just to fix a thermostat problem.

97WS6SCharged

You wanted options.

Did you really spend $2400 on a miniram setup?

kandied91z

not going to go over this...

also, i'm using fastburn heads which doesn't make things any better.

97WS6SCharged

Sorry. I know what you mean about the fast burns. My friend Tony who does my tuning has a set on his 89 Vette and the miniram is pretty much his only option at the moment.

So, back to my question, is it the TB that gets in the way of the thermostat housing or the manifold itself?

kandied91z

more or less the problem of how it's designed. rather then letting the thermostat rest on the manifold and just put the housing over it with a simple bolt-down procedure it's the other way around which makes it difficult. you have to put the thermostat in the housind and manage to line everything up on the manifold perfect. doesn't sound bad but it's very hard to tell how you have it once it's together......just a poor design.

ws6transam

??? huh???
I was messing around with my thermostat on the miniram just today, and I'm not having any troubles at all. I simply remove the throttle body. In addition, I'm using an early GM waterneck, though I have a TPI waterneck as a backup. I'm not sure how the water will route out of there such that the hose doesn't get tangled in the serpentine belt, but I'm getting there.

Dan's miniram project

The other view

Those pictures are a few days old. It looks a little more complete now.

kandied91z

you've got the same design....must be a miracle.

ZDADDY92

I am having problems with my thermostat housing neck hitting the bottom of my throttle body-is this what you are talking about? anyone else out there having this problem? any info is appreciated-